FACT - Friends of Alum Creek and Tributaries
Volunteers working to preserve and protect the quality & beauty of the Alum Creek watershed and promote environmentally responsible recreation, educational opportunities, & citizen participation at many levels.
Alum Creek Trail connector in the works via Mock Road.Mock Road new sidepath funding update. July 19, 2021 Columbus City Council meeting, highlights. "INCREASING GREENWAYS IN COLUMBUS: President Pro Tem Elizabeth Brown, chair of the Recreation and Parks Committee is sponsoring ordinance 1183-2021 to enter into a grant agreement with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources for the 2020 Clean Ohio Trails Fund Alum Creek Trail - Mock Road Connector Project and accept a grant in the amount of $485,000. This funding will build a 1.2 mile trail connector from Alum Creek Trail to Mock Road. Constructing a greenway trail along Mock Road and Parkwood Avenue helps achieve the City’s goal of providing safe, easy access to greenways and outdoor experiences for every neighborhood." This shared-use path (10' wide) will run mostly east/west between E. Hudson St./Parkwood Ave. ~ Mock Park ~Mock Rd/Sunbury Rd. Stay tuned for design plans, construction updates, photos and more news. Reported project cost = $1,678,415. goo.gl/maps/2ouoH1AVe4FZy3Kz6
Section of the I-670 Trail is closed for awhile, that's adjacent to & connects into the Alum Creek Trail and a part of the Ohio to Erie Trail.
Columbus Recreation and Parks just advised FACT they will be hosting a volunteer effort to remove invasive honeysuckle (+winter creeper and garlic mustard) at Academy Park along the Alum Creek on June 19th from 9 to noon (276 S Nelson Rd, Columbus, OH 43205). Interested volunteers may sign up directly with them at crpd.volunteerhub.com/event/4defb747-1e9b-4112-bf26-0bb059efb619#_=_
"City parks staff and supplies will be on site. The event will focus on invasive removal, litter pick up and stream corridor restoration. Please wear closed-toed shoes and sturdy clothes (long pants/long sleeves preferred), hat and sunscreen, and bring a water bottle to stay hydrated."
FACT has done a lot of work in the Alum Creek corridor at Academy Park in the past two decades since adopting the area through Keep Columbus Beautiful for cleanup and stewardship. Our EPA-funded lowhead dam removal project in 2008 restored free flow to the river there, and restoration enhancement efforts on the creek banks up and downstream within Wolfe Park and Academy Park since then have included removal of thousands of invasive honeysuckle bushes, and planting of hundreds of native tree and shrub seedlings. Unfortunately the invasive plants are tenaciously aggressive, and energy to deal with it from the public land owner side of the equation has waxed and waned over time. The honeysuckle still has a strong foothold in the area and would require a CCC-like effort to conquer now in our region.
Many FACT members reside in Columbus where Curbside recycling since 2012 has moved Central Ohio closer to environmental sustainability by diverting close to a million tons of waste annually from the landfill to conserve space, energy and natural resources. FYI
This scares me. Are they thinking of discontinuing the service? 🤔😬 Columbus City Council
Nice incentives!Each year certain communities (more every year!) offer a $250 reimbursement for their residents to build a rain garden to help reduce stormwater runoff! We'll even help you plan it! Participating cities include: Gahanna, New Albany, Westerville, Obetz, Reynoldsburg, Hilliard, and Grove City as well as Franklin County's unincorporated villages and townships. Learn more and request an application on our website!
www.franklinswcd.org/rain-garden-reimbursements
Small Yet Vital Streams Could Lose Protections in Ohio
Small Yet Vital Streams Could Lose Protections in Ohio
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — A vital part of watersheds in Ohio would lose environmental protection under a proposed bill. A committee hearing was held this week...
Great experience. I took a bike ride on the alum creek trail and Inniswood needs some trash cleanup
Happy April. Here's Ohio DNR 1 minute video showing off our State's native plants and flowers.
In celebration, we should all take an hour or two to remove invasive plants, especially honeysuckle!
Reduce your grass lawn footprint, instead plant native trees, and wildflowers. Add natural green habitat preserves, watershed protection buffers. Please remove invasive species like honeysuckle, garlic mustard, Bradford Callery pear trees, others that crowd out native plants. ohiodnr.gov/wps/portal/gov/odnr/discover-and-learn/plants-trees/invasive-plants/invasive-plants
Help with FACT's cleanup this Saturday morn at Columbus Academy Park. www.facebook.com/events/3765284323525574 If you can, please register for this Green Columbus Earth Day volunteer service event via. www.givepulse.com/event/227688
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When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it or it's been deleted.I can’t do the register thing ( why is technology so hard )but Jeff and I will be there!
Do you desire trees and would you like more preserved in Columbus? www.columbusufmp.org/get-involved.html Check out the Urban Forestry Master Plan, where you can see the draft documents, the details on the Columbus City Council hearing (3/24), and submit comments (by 3/31).
www.columbusufmp.org
The Columbus Urban Forestry Master Plan draft is available for public comment! There are two draft documents available for review below: the Urban Forestry Master Plan and the accompanying Technical.....FACT is presently updating our email list; the only e-means outside of this FaceBook Page to communicate directly to you about volunteer events, watershed issues and FACT needs. Please visit www.friendsofalumcreek.org bottom of home page 'Subscribe to Updates' or email your request to info@friendsofalumcreek.org - if you haven't received an email from us this year. We really don't send many emails to to our subscribers, members, supporters, municipalities, businesses, partners. Your contact info is not shared and you may unsubscribe at anytime. Thanks for your help.